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The Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on October 26, 1983Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 26 October 1983377,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 26, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.1% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
377,106 km234,322 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 4, 1983 at 22:21 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 21, 198321:53
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 29, 198303:37

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Wednesday, October 26, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1983 to the new moon of November 4, 1983, a cycle of 29.46 days.